Ali Mirzazadeh, PhD, MD, MPH
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

I am a physician-epidemiologist (MD, MPH, PhD) and Professor at UCSF with 20+ years of experience designing and leading real-world evidence studies using electronic health records (EHR), surveillance, vital registries, and surveys to quantify disease burden, treatment patterns, and the impact of clinical and policy interventions on outcomes and mortality.

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I have taken studies from concept to publication as PI, Co-PI, Program Director, and lead statistician, with 235+ publications and 50+ technical reports delivered to partners. I have led research in 15+ countries, managed 100+ research staff across projects and programs, and mentored 33 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and early-career researchers, plus 18 international visiting scholars. I have worked with WHO, CDC, NIH, UNAIDS, UNDP, Gavi, the Gates Foundation, and ministries of health. I have advanced biostatistical analysis and specialize in reaching hard-to-reach populations using respondent-driven sampling (RDS), time-location sampling, and phone/WhatsApp surveys, and I built the RDS Online Platform for this purpose.

Skill Tags: Epidemiology | Observational Study Design and RWE | EHR, Surveillance, and Vital Registry Data | Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Evidence Synthesis and Triangulation | Global Team Leadership | Cross-Functional Partnership | Evidence Translation

Websites

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• github.com/amirzazadeh (github.com)
• Global Health Decisions (GHD) (globalhealthdecisions.org)
• Cycle to Zero (donate.sfaf.org)
• Google Scholar Citations (scholar.google.com)

Publications (4)

Top publication keywords:
Pregnancy in AdolescenceCondomsSex WorkersBiasSexual BehaviorDiffusion of InnovationSocial MarginalizationProgram EvaluationHealth PromotionSex EducationSchoolsIranSexual PartnersHealth Information ManagementCD4 Lymphocyte Count

• Effectiveness of School-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs in the USA: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 2018 Marseille E, Mirzazadeh A, Biggs MA, P Miller A, Horvath H, Lightfoot M, Malekinejad M, Kahn JG
• Accuracy of HIV-related risk behaviors reported by female sex workers, Iran: a method to quantify measurement bias in marginalized populations.
  AIDS and behavior 2013 Mirzazadeh A, Haghdoost AA, Nedjat S, Navadeh S, McFarland W, Mohammad K
• Is the rate of CD4 cell decline changing over time in antiretroviral-naïve patients?
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2013 Cardeal da Silva D, Casseb J, Mirzazadeh A, Arruda LB, Rutherford GW
• Regional HIV knowledge hubs: a new approach by the health sector to transform knowledge into practice.
  Health promotion international 2012 Mostafavi E, Haghdoost A, Mirzazadeh A, Riedner G, Weis P, Kloss K, Zolala F